I wonder if Trump has ever read an economics book? He seems to be approaching this all in a rather counterproductive manner. I'm reminded of "Never attribute to

I wonder if Trump has ever read an economics book? He seems to be approaching this all in a rather counterproductive manner. I'm reminded of "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." I was reading the HN thing on the potato famine yesterday and I think it was the same idea - they Brits didn't want to starve a million Irish to death, they just had this free markets are great idea and were to stupid to change. Likewise Trump doesn't actually want to wreck the US and global economies but has this tarrifs are great idea and same thing.